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Cuno Hoffmeister

1892 - 1968

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Cuno Hoffmeister (2 February 1892 – 2 January 1968) was a German astronomer, observer and discoverer of variable stars, comets and minor planets, and founder of Sonneberg Observatory. Born in Sonneberg in 1892 to Carl and Marie Hoffmeister, Cuno Hoffmeister obtained his first telescope in 1905 and became an avid amateur astronomer. After his father lost most of his money in 1914, Hoffmeister had to leave school in 1916 to start an apprenticeship in his father's company. During this time he continued to study spherical mathematics and trigonometry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cuno Hoffmeister is the 433rd most popular astronomer, the 4,271st most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,563rd in 2019) and the 64th most popular German Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Cuno Hoffmeister ranks 433 out of 644. Before him are Catherine Cesarsky, Robert Emden, George Henry Peters, Jane Luu, Henry L. Giclas, and Herbert Hall Turner. After him are Adrien Auzout, Horace W. Babcock, Erika Böhm-Vitense, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Otto August Rosenberger, and Robert Julius Trumpler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Cuno Hoffmeister ranks 209. Before him are Walter Bathe, Bessie Coleman, Tsuru Aoki, Gaetano Belloni, Pierre Frieden, and Ferde Grofé. After him are Gerhard Rohlfs, Lydia Lopokova, Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Mieczysław Horszowski, Ronald Rawson, and Guido Boni. Among people deceased in 1968, Cuno Hoffmeister ranks 166. Before him are Juan José Tramutola, Abel Bonnard, Verner Weckman, Carlos María de la Torre, Elly Ney, and Valentine Hugo. After him are Naima Wifstrand, Albert Betz, Fernando Giudicelli, William Jordan, Herbert Copeland, and Arnulf Øverland.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Cuno Hoffmeister ranks 4,273 out of 7,253. Before him are Uwe Boll (1965), Ilse Steppat (1917), Susanne Lothar (1960), Rudolf Wolters (1903), Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818), and Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796). After him are Franz Josef Jung (1949), Herman Sörgel (1885), Erwin Stresemann (1889), Eberhard Weber (1940), Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1697), and Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (1698).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Cuno Hoffmeister ranks 64. Before him are Albrecht Unsöld (1905), Gustav Spörer (1822), Ludwig Biermann (1907), Friedrich Tietjen (1834), Georg Marcgrave (1610), and Leo Anton Karl de Ball (1853). After him are Erika Böhm-Vitense (1923), Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825), Joseph Helffrich (1890), Hans-Emil Schuster (1934), Ernst Hartwig (1851), and Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (1788).

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